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A spring clean of Pasture Street has uncovered a huge quantity of used syringes and even human faeces.

North East Lincolnshire Council and Probation Service Community Payback teams were out on the Grimsby street today, focusing on cleaning up an area to the rear of Halfords that has been plagued by anti-social behaviour and widespread flytipping.

The teams were initially out to try and clear up a lot of the fly tipped rubbish and litter in the area, but during their work they also found that the street has become a hotspot for local drug users.

The grass verge leading up to the barrier of Peaks Parkway was covered in drug paraphernalia, with used syringes and other items scattered all around. And a huge was quantity uncovered behind a concrete pillar beside the brick barrier that supports road signs.

There were even human faeces scattered amongst the used syringes.

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Directly behind Halfords, where the store keeps its large metal containers, there was also evidence of frequent drug use. It's something that store staff say is a constant problem, with them even having to remove some containers due to them constantly being broken into and used to take drugs.

Just some of the many used syringes which were found on ground in Bowling Green Lane, between the Halfords store and Pasture Street level crossing

Assistant Manager Ben Jones said: "Drug use and anti-social behaviour is something that we constantly have to deal with at the rear of the store.

"We are constantly finding used syringes everywhere, and we even had to get rid of one of our large containers because people kept breaking into it, doing drugs and leaving needles all over the place.

"It is good to see that the council are coming down and making an effort to clean the place up, because things had got better when they cut back a lot of the hedges. When it is more exposed less people come and cause trouble."

Drug paraphernalia found behind a concrete pillar

The community protection and compliance team from the council were down checking how the clean-up operation was going, and were keen to stress that making the borough a clean and safe place for everyone is there number one priority.

Neil Clark, North East Lincolnshire Council Community Protection and Compliance Manager said: "We have been tackling an anti-social behaviour hotspot today along with the help of the Community Payback teams.

"We hope that this will be able to demonstrate what can be done in a little area, and we hope that it will encourage the local community to take recapture a little more pride and keep it clean and tidy in the future.

One of the used syringes found at the rear of Halfords

"We are working for one day here, but that does not mean that we only focus on one area per day, our whole team is always focused on ensuring that the whole borough is a clean and safe place for us all to live."

Councillors Matthew Patrick and David Bolton also attended the clean-up today and wanted to reassure residents that the council will be cracking down on anti-social behaviour hotspots for the good of all in the community.